GlobeMed at
Georgetown University 2015 – 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
GlobeMed Network AMHERST COLLEGE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BETHEL UNIVERSITY BOSTON COLLEGE BROWN UNIVERSITY CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK COLORADO COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CORNELL UNIVERSITY CU-BOULDER DARTMOUTH COLLEGE DUKE UNIVERSITY EMORY UNIVERSITY FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOWARD UNIVERSITY INDIANA UNIVERSITY LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY RHODES COLLEGE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SPELMAN COLLEGE ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY TUFTS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI UCLA UNIVERSITY OF DENVER UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY UNC-CHAPEL HILL UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY WHITMAN COLLEGE WILBUR WRIGHT COLLEGE
Pastoral de La Salud | San Salvador, El Salvador ICOD Action Network | Lyantonde, Uganda Rural Economic Development Association | Svay Rieng, Cambodia Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development| Tamil Nadu, India Ungano Tena | Nairobi, Kenya CCC-UNSCH | Ayacucha, Peru Western Organization of People Living with HIV/AIDS | Western Kenya Gulu Women’s Economic Development and Globalization | Gulu, Uganda AMMID | San Marcos, Guatemala Himalayan Health Care | Jawalakhel, Nepal Kachin Women’s Association Thailand | Chiang Mai, Thailand SHED Foundation | Shirati, Tanzania Migrant Assistance Program Foundation | Chiang Mai, Thailand Escuela de La Calle | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Set Her Free| Kampala, Uganda Primeros Pasos | Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Trailblazer Foundation| Siem Reap, Cambodia Health Development Initiative | Kigali, Rwanda Jambi Huasi | Otavalo, Ecuador Hope Through Health | Kara, Togo Gardens for Health International | Gasabo, Rwanda Light for Children | Kumasi, Ghana Knowledge for Children | Kumbo, Cameroon Young 1ove| Gabarone, Botswana Kitovu Mobile AIDS Organization | Masaka, Uganda Adonai Child Development Center| Namugoga, Uganda Feed the World | Piura, Peru COVE Alliance| Kapeeka, Uganda A Ministry of Sharing Health and Hope | Managua, Nicaragua ChangeALife Uganda | Migyera, Uganda Light for Children | Kumasi, Ghana Burmese Women’s Union | Mae Sot, Thailand Maison de Naissance | Torbeck, Haiti PHASE Nepal| Kathmandu, Nepal Asociación de Personas Afectadas por Tuberculosis del Perú | Lima, Peru Social Action for Women | Mae Sot, Thailand Mpoma Community HIV/AIDS Initiative| Mukono, Uganda Buddhism for Social Development Action | Kampong Cham, Cambodia Perkin Educational Opportunities Foundation (PEOF) | Morazán, El Salvador Kyetume Community Based Health Care (KCBHCP)| Mukono, Uganda Raising the Village | Kampala, Uganda Population Education Development Association | Vientiane, Laos Lwala Community Alliance | Lwala, Kenya Social Organization for Voluntary Action | Odisha, India Alternative for Rural Movement | Odisha, India SparkMicrogrants| Mbale, Uganda Wuqu' Kawoq | Tecpan, Guatemala Sacred Valley Health | Cusco, Peru Build Your Future Today Center | Siem Reap, Cambodia MINDS Foundation| Vadodara, India Children of Peace| Lira, Uganda Uganda Development and Health Associates | Iganga, Uganda Kigezi Healthcare Foundation| Kabale, Uganda Burma Humanitarian Mission (BHM) | Eastern Burma Logan Square Neighborhood Association | Chicago, IL, USA
About GlobeMed Mission GlobeMed aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity by empowering students and communities to work together to improve the health of people living in poverty around the world.
Vision We envision a world in which health – the ability to not only survive but thrive – is possible for all people, regardless of where they call home.
We believe every human life has equal worth and every person deserves the chance to thrive. This belief has drawn together our network of students, communities, and supporters from all walks of life and from every corner of the world. Health for all is within our grasp, but we can only achieve it by working together.
Message from
The Co-Presidents Dear Friends, Supporters, and GlobeMed members: This past academic year, GlobeMed at Georgetown has been incredibly impactful: exceeding our fundraising budget, growing closer as a group, increasing our presence on campus, and raising awareness about our partner, Primeros Pasos. Our goals were to maintain better communication with Primeros Pasos and increase and strengthen our membership here on campus. Through guerrilla campaigns, bake sales, and fundraising events at off-campus restaurants and coffee shops, fellow students became aware of GlobeMed at Georgetown and our mission. However, we fell short on improving our communications with Primeros Pasos. We only had one informational Skype call with our partner discussing the problem of malnourishment and high rates of stunting in Guatemala during a weekly meeting; next year, we want to have more similar Skype calls and discussions with our partner, and have discussed this goal with our partner during GROW 2016. Our new members this year were extremely dedicated to our mission and passionate about global health and social justice. They were incredibly hardworking, stepping up on multiple occasions with brainstorming new ideas for campaigns, reaching out to businesses for donations, and creating flyers and spreading them throughout campus. We engaged in thoughtful discussions that challenged our worldviews, made ourselves think critically about development, and increased our knowledge. We are excited for next year as we watch our current, dedicated members, in addition to hopefully new, energetic members, continue to grow GlobeMed on Georgetown’s campus. Primeros Pasos, our partner clinic in Xela, Guatemala, has developed significantly since the beginning of our partnership and GlobeMed at Georgetown has facilitated that improvement at the clinic. The monetary donation makes a significant impact on what our partner is able to provide with their programming. Our members at GlobeMed, many of whom have not visited our partner, are motivated when our partner Skypes into meetings or sends us updates. Our clinic, even though we weren’t in contact as much as we had discussed, continued to send updates and did Skype into one of our meetings. We are able to track the changes through communication and see how the clinic has evolved. Next year, we hope to continue to increase our communications with our partner, and at the same time, continue to recruit more dedicated members who wish to help advocate and assist our partner. We have also redrafted our Partnership Action Framework with Primeros Pasos and have set several goal in regard to fundraising both materials and money. As we and our fellow executive board members have bonded, we are so honored and proud to be able to lead a group of students to create change and empower individuals to improve their lives; likewise, as we empower the community we are helping, we as students feel empowered to make this type of impact as college students. We hope that feeling spreads to our members, generating a group of college students who want to create a life dedicated to service, passion, and change. Sincerely, Dianna Abreu and Nicole Conrad 2015-2016 Co-Presidents GlobeMed at Georgetown University
About our Chapter GlobeMed at Georgetown University
In 2010, a group of Georgetown students came together and established GlobeMed at Georgetown. United by a passion for global health education and advocacy and rather than solely fundraising, the group was initially partnered with an organization in Peru. After the first year, Georgetown at GlobeMed was repartnered with our current partner Primeros Pasos located in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Initially, GlobeMed at Georgetown funded and supported the nutrition recuperation program, a program assisting mothers and children recovering from malnutrition and stunting. GlobeMed at Georgetown also supports the Healthy Schools Project, teaching children about sustainable healthy behaviors and habits. Currently with 20+ members, our group has raised roughly $10,000 since our inception. In the future, we hope to continue supporting these programs and improving upon making a positive impact on our partner Primeros Pasos.
since our founding in August 2010, our chapter has grown from 7 to 60 members
since our founding in August 2010, our chapter has raised $10,000
KEY FACT: 50% of all children under the age of 5 in Guatemala are stunted.
Our Partnership Primero Pasos
Founded in 2002 Primeros Pasos, a non-profit clinic located in the valley of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, was founded in 2002. Before the clinic was established, the residents in the area had no access to primary health care facilities. Currently, Primeros Pasos is the only comprehensive and affordable health care facility available to these residents. Roughly 60% of the population is indigenous, so the clinic provides services primarily to rural, indigenous families in the area. Overall in Guatemala, 50% of children under the age of 5 are malnourished, while the rate is closer to 70% for Guatemala’s indigenous population. The clinic is battling these statistics though their Nutrition Recuperation Program, admitting women or their children who are deemed malnourished and working with them to recover from this chronic illness. In addition, they are tackling the problem at the source through their Health School Program by teaching children proper nutrition and sanitary practices. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Population: 152,000 Guatemala’s political system is corrupt. The government is poorly run, with millions of dollars being embezzled from the people of Guatemala. With so much money being taken and not invested back to the people, the health care system has suffered greatly. The previous president and vice president both stepped down due to corruption charges. There is much inequality in the distribution of the limited resources, with most resources being sent to the capital, leaving rural areas stripped of resources, which has created major health disparities.
Our Project BY THE NUMBERS: Impact: More than 4,000 Children Cost of project: $10,000 What the money directly funded: Toothbrushes and Soap Medical Supplies Lab Tests Parasite Medication
GlobeMed at Georgetown University raised $2,230.35 to fund the Health Schools Project, initiated by Primeros Pasos, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
GlobeMed at Georgetown University funded the Healthy Schools Project at Primeros Pasos. This project provides health education and annual health checkups to more than 3,000 children attending 10 different schools in rural communities in the Quetzaltenango Valley. The health education includes lessons on nutrition, sanitation, and parasites. The annual check-ups include medical, dental, and basic laboratory services. Any medications needed are provided for free through this program. The annual check-ups address immediate health needs, while the nutrition lessons work to improve health behaviors to create a long term impact in the communities.
Message from
Our Partner As a non-profit grassroots organization that receives no government support, Primeros Pasos is able to operate solely on the generosity of volunteers, faithful donors, and grant obtainment. We are incredibly grateful for the partnership we have developed and sustained with GlobeMed, as without these partnerships we would not be able to function. The GlobeMed students that we have received in Xela have all been model volunteers who go above and beyond their requirements as a volunteer. In return, they go back to the States able to put a face to a name and location, thus are more effective at spreading the message to other students in GlobeMed. Through fundraising and awareness-raising, GlobeMed in the States is able to spread the message of Primeros Pasos and raise beneficial funds for the clinic. Primeros Pasos has several partnerships with universities and organizations, however we greatly value the organization, structure, enthusiasm and passion of that we have with GlobeMed, and we are even looking at using this type of model with other partnerships. Sarah Harrison Volunteer Coordinator Primeros Pasos
Campaigns Campaigns are on-campus events and initiatives that raise funds for GlobeMed partner organizations' grassroots projects abroad.
Event Title
Event Description
Be the Change
Local stores and coffee shops place out tip jars supporting our cause.
Kaplan MCAT Package
Thanks to our gracious partner Kaplan, GlobeMed at Georgetown received a free MCAT Package that we auctioned off to Georgetown students.
Bake Sale
As a group bonding activity, the club baked goods, on multiple occasions, and sold them around campus.
$236.35
Rose Sale
On the days leading up to Valentine’s Day, the club members sold roses around campus to fellow student and faculty.
$300.00
CSJ Additional Funds
The Center for Social Justice provides clubs at Georgetown certain funding for operational and administrative tasks, and we donated the additional funds we received to our partner.
$400.00
Total funds raised for Primeros Pasos in 2015-2016:
$2,230.35
Revenue $44.00
$1,250.00
Since 2011, GlobeMed at Georgetown University has raised more than $10,000 to support our partner clinic, Primeros Pasos, in preventing and curing malnutrition in indigenous populations in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
Campaign Highlights Valentine Rose Sale
Kaplan MCAT Package
The Valentine Rose Sale has been a tradition for GlobeMed at Georgetown for the past three years. This year, we saw many members step up and help with the campaign. The executive board and staff worked well together, holding each other accountable for showing up to table for the event. The campaigns team was on top of the event, making sure the roses were ready to be delivered the week of Valentine’s Day. The communications team stepped up to spread the word around campus about our event. In the end, the event was a success not only because we raised money, but the GlobeMed team worked so well together.
Kaplan is partner of GlobeMed at Georgetown, and for a number of years, they have donated an MCAT package allowing our group the ability to aunction the package. This event has always generated positive publicity for the club because it is an opportunity for us to reach out to students in the Georgetown community and spread awareness of the mission of GlobeMed and of our partner, Primeros Pasos. This past year, the highest bidder was a GlobeMed staff member, so it was great to see the MCAT package benefiting a member of our GlobeMed family.
Community Building Through service and team-building events, community and camaraderie is fostered around global health and social justice within GlobeMed chapters, the GlobeMed network and surrounding communities.
Total number of chapter members in 2015 – 2016: 60 Number of community-building events: 2 One of the downfalls of our chapter this past year was not coordinating many community building events. Our community building team was wonderful at planning fun events, but we were not successful in choosing times when many staff members could attend the event. We only had two community building events this year; however, this is something we want to work on during the upcoming year. At the end of the year, the executive board and staff members discussed the dynamics within the organization. After a thoughtful discussion, GlobeMed at Georgetown wants to work on executive board and staff members working more as equals during the upcoming year, instead of the executive board assigning tasks to staff members.
globalhealthU globalhealthU is GlobeMed’s signature year-long global health curriculum. This student-designed and driven program equips students with the critical thinking skills that will inform a life of leadership for global health.
To me, ghU has always stood at the heart of what GlobeMed stands for. We don't just raise money for nondescript charities abroad like detached donors—we try to walk with them and understand the struggles they contend with. Yes, we talk about medical problems, and those are important. But we cannot fully understand how to best help our partners if we do not understand the global systems of power and oppression that actively work against their success. These systems were the focus of ghU this year, especially in the second half of the year, as national discussions (and campus-wide discussions) about race, equality, and historical systems of power also came to a head. We started the year off with a bang with one of my favorite activities, the Applesauce Challenge. To me, this challenge encapsulates the GlobeMed method in a very visceral, easy-to-understand, eye-opening way. Having members feel first-hand how it feels to be helped, without being able to guide the help or ask for it, was a great analogy to the way that traditional nonprofits in the developing world are run. Penny Huang ‘16 ghU Coordinator GlobeMed at Georgetown
KEY QUESTIONS WE ASKED THIS YEAR Where is social inequality present? How was this social inequality created? How can we stop this social inequality from occurring? Who is most likely to be at risk in social inequality?
globalhealthU highlights from the year
Flint River Crisis Our ghU team created a presentation on the Flint River crisis, outlining the the progression of the events that lead to this emergency. After the presentation, the organization had a discussion on disparities within our country, and how certain people or race and socioeconomic class are sometimes considered a ‘lower priority’ in the eyes of policymakers. We also discussed what went wrong in Flint, Michigan and what should have been done to have prevented this crisis.
Zika Virus With the the world’s largest sporting event occurring in Brazil this summer, our ghU team created a presentation on the zika virus and how the Brazilian government is trying to tackle this problem. After discussing the facts behind Zika, GlobeMed at Georgetown discussed how the policies and recommendations hinder the Brazilian people, specifically women. This discussion ended up being very thoughtful, while at the same time being interesting and fun.
Skype Session with Partner’s Nutritionist Collectively, the ghU skype session with our partner’s nutritionist, Scarlett, was the highlight of the year’s ghU sessions. For the entire meeting time, the organization was able to speak to the clinic, with our executive board translating from Spanish to English, about the problem of malnutrition in Guatemala and how our partner is trying to battle this problem through their various campaigns. Our staff members were able to ask Scarlett questions about the clinic and what it is like to work with a non-profit clinic.
World Day of Social Justice February 20, 2016
What did you do for WDSJ 2016?
The Thursday before WDSJ during our designated meeting time, we discussed Social Injustice in Guatemala and in Washington D.C. This discussion provoked the idea that even though we are living in a developed country, there is still injustice being committed, even in the capital of the United States. We compared the two injustices and tried to map out what caused the injustice and what steps can be taken to improve and prevent future injustice in both Guatemala and Washington D.C. We broke up into teams and created flowcharts, starting with the factors that lead to the establishment of injustice. Each of the following steps addressed ways to battle the injustice and preventive measures to keep this inequity from reoccurring.
2016 Summit
GlobeMed’s 10th Summit: A Celebration of Community The annual GlobeMed Global Health Summit brings together university students from across the nation for three days of intensive lectures and workshops with representatives from grassroots global health organizations and a range of experts. My time at summit really helped me realize how strong and motivated this network is. I realized that GlobeMed is not just about global health—it is about all things social justice and how they intersect both locally and globally. One of the greatest lessons we learned is that in order to be globally focused, we don't have to be working halfway around the world, instead we can be in our backyard, focusing on improving the lives of those surrounding us, because in the world we live in today, with the technology we currently have, local is global and global is local. I met some of the most motivated students and alumni and cannot wait to see what they take the initiative to do in the world. Lyssa Freese ‘16
List of 2016 Summit delegates: Lyssa Freese ‘16 Penny Huang ‘16
# of GROW Interns: Length of Stay:
2
5 Weeks DATES OF TRAVEL:
May 31 - July 5
GROW Internship Grassroots Onsite Work
Through Grassroots On-site Work (GROW) internships, students build capacity of their partner organization, engage in mutual learning, and ensure long-term stability of their partnership.
The GROW team this summer is working on developing a nutrition and hygiene program for young children in three different communities in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The program will focus on educating the children on certain health topics while allowing mothers to focus on their seperate nutrition program without having to worry about taking care of their children, making the time they have more efficient.
“My experience has been eyeopening and challenging (in the best way!) I have challenged my ideas and have been seeing the community through the eyes of those who live here—truly a grounding experience.” -- Kayla Mardin ‘18
Finances In 2015-2016, GlobeMed at Georgetown University raised $2,230.35 for Primeros Pasos to support projects in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
Revenue Events (Campaigns)
$580.35
Individuals
$0.00
University
$400.00
Corporations
$1,250.00
Foundations
$0.00
Internal Chapter Revenue
$0.00
TOTAL REVENUE
$2,230.35
Expenses Campaigns
$200.00
Operations
$0.00
TOTAL EXPENSES
$200.00
Sent to Partner Total sent to partner that was fundraised in the 2015-2016 academic year
$2,230.35
Total sent to partner that was fundraised prior to the 2015-2016 academic year
$7,769.65
TOTAL SENT TO PARTNER IN 2015-2016
$2,230.35
Current Cash Position
$0.00
GlobeMed at Georgetown University
Our Future Dear Friends, In the upcoming year, we hope to expand our presence on Georgetown’s campus. We want to continue to grow GlobeMed at Georgetown, recruiting college students who have a desire to work for a non-profit organization that aims to help the lives of those less fortunate. To do so, we are ‘revamping’ the organization and initiating new activities we want to introduce in the upcoming year. We want to create two new programs at Georgetown at GlobeMed: Service and Grant Writing. Service will involve weekly service trips to organizations in the Washington, D.C. area where staff members can volunteer to make a positive impact in our home community. Members do not have to participate in every volunteer trip, but we are making the option available so our club can make a positive impact on our surrounding community as well as in Guatemala. Grant Writing will involve a team of students whose main purpose is communications with other organizations, companies, and individuals to solicit donations and grants to help benefit our partner. We want to design this so staff members have the opportunity to learn how to properly write grants and feel impactful by securing large sums of money for our partner. In addition, we want to have the grant writing group to decrease the pressure on the campaigns team to secure funds for our partner. In addition, we want to create a large networking and social event with the other D.C. chapters (Howard and George Washington) along with bringing in GlobeMed alumni, since D.C. is an alumni hub. It would be a great experience for so many current and ex-staffers to meet together to discuss health topics and other issues of the day. We are hoping to establish an annual event, so we are able to unify the GlobeMed connections within Washington, D.C. If you would like to donate to our chapter, you can donate to our razoo account that is located at the bottom of our GlobeMed page. As I hope you have realized by reading through this report, GlobeMed at Georgetown University is a dedicated chapter aiming to improve not only the lives of our partner organization, but the lives of those surrounding us in Washington D.C. Sincerely, Kayla Mardin and Chandler Hinson 2016-2017 Co-Presidents GlobeMed at Georgetown University
"GlobeMed has truly allowed me to actualize my passion for global health equality and serve as an ambassador for change.” -- Lyssa Freese ‘16
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Executive Board GlobeMed at Georgetown University
External Co-President
Dianna Abreu
| dja52@georgetown.edu
Internal Co-President
Nicole Conrad
| nc538363@georgetown.edu
GROW Coordinator
Kayla Mardin
| kmm363@georgetown.edu
globalhealthU Coordinator
Penny Huang
| ph521@georgetown.edu
Campaign Coordinator
Chandler Hinson
| csh63@georgetown.edu
Campaign Coordinator
Lyssa Freese
| emf76@georgetown.edu
Director of Communications
Kayla Mardin
| kmm363@georgetown.edu
Mary Marchese
| mem372@georgetown.edu
Stephanie Estevez
| se371@georgetown.edu
Director of Community Building Director of Finances
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